Poster Boy is a notorious street artist that remixes ads in New York City subway stations. Using simple tools – mainly just a razor blade, he cuts out images and text from advertisements, recontextualising them into a new hybrid artwork. The pieces generally have a critical edge to them, making comments on the state of society and on the advertisements themselves.
A manifesto from Poster Boy’s Flickr page:
Eventually I will stop this art form. By that time I hope that I’ve inspired enough people where I don’t have to participate in order to see the change that is “needed”. I always encourage people to take matters into their own hands. So pick up a razor and reclaim your visual territory.
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London’s anonymous CutUp collective take this idea even further with what they call ‘intervention art’. We (www.kemistrygallery.co.uk) recently exhbited some of their work. Do refer to their website (www.cutupcollective.com) for examples. They also just took part in NY’s Conflux Festival.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I wanna talk to poster boy. if anyone knows his info please visit publicadcampaign.com to get him in touch with me about his work
October 8th, 2008 at 1:14 pm